Linden Endowment for the Arts

The Linden Endowment of the Arts is an official Linden Community Partnership program whose purpose is to help new artists, cultivate art in SL, and foster creativity, innovation, and collaboration within the art community.

"ORPHEUS & EURYDICE"

Sunday December 9th, at 1 PM SLT & at 2.30 PM SLT

Dance presentation Featuring the Magical dance with TerraMerhyem & Rage Darkstone withMedora Chevalier and the dancers of Imagines! Wonderful music and background design by Zimp Rexie! (To avoid the lag, we must limit the number of the audience. For those who wont can enter for the first show at 1 PM SLT, we will give a second representation at 2.30 PM SLT)

Saturday, December 1, 2018

December at 1.30 PM SLT

THURSDAY

Rage Darkstone will orchestrate a "Building Performance" in four acts entitled

"ALIENS"

A building performance is a 1 and 1/2 hour cycle during which the artist builds an installation from nothing, dynamically transform it, and completely destroy it. The artist integrates performance building with other SL performance arts: particle shows, dancing, music, poetry, as well as animated gifs.

IMPORTANT, PLEASE NOTE: Rage will be pushing his LEA 12 simulator to its maximal performance. He needs your help. Please come dressed in outfits that will create minimal lag; a stunning look with only one or two (if you must) articles of unscripted clothing.

Second Life – The
Dickens Project celebrates its sixth year in Second Life with a return to
Linden Endowment for the Arts Region 7, where the annual celebration of Charles
Dickens' seminal work first was realized in full region form a year ago. Offering four weeks of exploration, storytelling,
music, dance, a new "Urchins in Dickens London" experience, this
Second Life holiday tradition will be open to residents November 30th, through
December 30th. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA7/129/127/22

"What's new this year? There is no short answer to
that," said Caledonia Skytower, "In almost every conceivable way, the
Project has flourished in the full region format. This year was a team effort -
our first real foray into collaborative build creation. We learned a lot, and we are confident people
will enjoy the results." Skytower,
along with long time Dickens creator Aoife Lorefield, Gloriana Maertens, and
Dagmar Kohime worked together to transform prims and textures in a regionscape
that evokes the spirit of Dickens' beloved work.

Most evident to Dickens Project fans will be the new
"Urchins in Dickens London" experience. Created by Lorefield, the Urchins Experience
invites residents to explore what life was like for a poor child in Victorian
England. It's a game that combines elements of an SL hunt, free form (and
optional) role play, and an invitation to create (and share) stories that the
experience inspires.

"Charles Dickens was ever a champion of children,
writing stories about those who were poor and unprotected," says
Lorefield, "His child characters are often triumphant, finding ways to
build lives of purpose and sometimes even happiness in a difficult time."
Residents of all ages are welcome to participate, and will find information and
the Urchins HUD near the main landing point in Dickens Square. Inquiries should be directed to Ms. Lorefield.
Additional information can be found on a special webpage http://irelandslstory.blogspot.com/p/urchins-in-dickens-london.html
.

To experience another new aspect of this Edition, just by
turn on "sounds" in your Second Life Viewer. A soundscape created by Dagmar Kohime will
enhance the immersion of the region-exploring experience. Sounds of all kinds
can be heard all over the region: a fiddler plays at Fezziwig's warehouse, the
sounds of Nephew Fred's party guests wafts into the street near his home, and
the Merchants Alley rings with sound of urchin laughter. The soundscape
includes a special "Voices of the Story Path" hud that visitors can
wear to hear short selections from "A Christmas Carol" in locations which
corresponds to that selection from the story.

The 2018 Edition will include the customary presentations of
A
Christmas Carol in a variety of adaptations, in sections and in its
entirety, and at different times to make the live readings accessible to
residents from different parts of the globe. Other works from within the author’s
vast canon are featured in the weeks leading up to "Carol Week"
(December 17-23), which climaxes in a marathon “Big Read” presentation of A
Christmas Carol performed by a relay team of Seanchai staff and
storytelling friends, scheduled for Sunday, December 23rd.

Performances by Idle Rogue Productions, Misfit Dance &
Performance Art, Russell Eponym, Wald Schridde and a host of other performers
will add up to over 40 hours of events on LEA 7. In addition to these,
communities participating in The Dickens Project 2018 Edition include: Ce Soir
Arts, The Community Virtual Library, Elite Equestrian, Innsmouth - H.P.
Lovecraft Inspired, Octoberville, and Radio Riel

"And we're not even done scheduling yet," Skytower
points out. Non-Dickens ghost stories, the
Urchin Extravaganza, and a DJ Challenge will round out the days between
Christmas and December 30th The schedule in-progress will be available weekly
on the Seanchai Library website http://irelandslstory.blogspot.com/p/the-dickens-project-sl.html.
The daily schedule, information on all aspects of the Project, and calendar
links will also be available on information kiosks at the main landing point.

In 1843 Charles Dickens prefaced his classic tale with these
words: “I have endeavoured in this
Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my
readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or
with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.” He began the novella in October, completed
it in less than six weeks. It went on to become the most successful book of the
season, selling six thousand copies by Christmas and continuing to be popular
into the new year. It is a book which has never been out of print.

The Dickens Project
is produced bySeanchai
Library(Shawn-a-kee, which means "Storyteller" in
Irish), which was founded in March of 2008 in Second Life. Thousands of
stories, and hundreds of authors later, the program remains dedicated to
promoting the power of stories to transform and inspire through live voice
presentations: "We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second
Life."

Come January 1st 2019, the Linden Endowment for the Arts, known as the LEA, will be temporarily closing its Artists in Residence regions (LEA 10 - 29) to allow for a major restructuring.

Over the last seven years, these regions have been open for artists who apply to build their dreams, each for a six month grant. We have seen many great installations here - and some that have attracted controversy.

The nine Core regions (which include the Theatre, the Sandbox and Photohunt) will remain for the present, and short-term grants will still be available in these regions for community-inspired arts projects.

Discussions between the present Committee and Linden Lab about the future form of the LEA are ongoing, but it is anticipated that there will be a new organising committee when the AiR regions re-open.

Come January 1st 2019, the Linden Endowment for the Arts, known as the LEA, will be temporarily closing its Artists in Residence regions (LEA 10 - 29) to allow for a major restructuring.

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The Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) was established to help create a center of arts activity in Second Life. It is a collaborative venture between Linden Lab and the arts community. Guided by a dedicated board of renowned Second Life artists, the LEA is committed to providing access to engaging experiences in the arts for the Second Life community. Through its exhibitions, programs, and events, the LEA fosters awareness of artists’ contributions to our virtual world and encourages others to get involved and be inspired.